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I of Brooklyn in the county of Kings and State UNIT D STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DAVID H. "VALENTINE, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

DUMPlNG-CAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 317,429, dated May 5, 1885.

Application tiled February 24, 1885. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, DAVID E. VALENTINE,

of New York, have invented a New and Improved Dumping-Oar, of which the following is a full, clear and exact description.

My invention relates to a new and improved 1 dumping-car; and it consists of the construc tion, arrangement, and combination of parts, all as hereinafter described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying I drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a transverse sectional elevation of my new dumping-car, taken on the line y y, Fi 2. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional ele vation taken on the line :10 a: of Fig. l; and Fig.3 is a detail View of one of the bearingplates and the body-supporting bar, the latter being in section.

The axles A A and wheels B B may be made of the usual form. The frame of the car 1 is composed of the side pieces O O, that rest upon the axles A A, and the cross-pieces or boards D I), secured to and at the ends of the side pieces 0 (J. The lower edges of the crosspieces D D, reach near the rails It R of the track, so that in case of derailment of the car the boards D will rest upon the rails R and prevent the wheels B from coming in contact 3 with the crossties T. A central draw-bar, E, parallel with the side pieces O, passes through openings made in the end-board U, to either end of which draw-bar other cars or an engine may be attached.

To the inner surfaces of the end-board D are secured the heavy metal plates i which reach above the upper edges of the end-boards ll, and at their upper ends the plates F are notched, as shown at f, to receive the heavy bar G that supports the box or body H of the car, the hook portion f of said notches serving to prevent the body of the truck from jumping out of its bearings when the said body is tilted for dumping. The upper edges of the end-boards D are inclined or beveled ed, as shown at d, Fig. l, to permit the box or body 1 H to be tipped to one side for dumping.

, The box or body H is composed of the bottom h, end boards h h, side boards It, and i hinged sideboards h". At its corners it is proi 1 returned to the truck.

vided with the posts Ir, which have hooks; secured at their upper ends to permit the convenient attachment of ropes chains, or hook, to the body for lifting it and its load by a crane or otherwise from the truck, so that the loa l may be swung some distance from the truck and loaded or dumped. and the box or body The notches f in the plates F are made open for this purpose. The bar G that fits in the notches f and supports the body H upon the track is secured at its ends in the cross-pieces J J ,secured to the bottom of the body or box H, and the bottom of the 6 5 body is strengthened by the center piece, K, placed between the bottom hand the rod Gr, shown clearly in the drawings, and the body is strengthened at the bottom along its edges by the side beams L L, as shown. The hinged side piece h may be locked in closed position by the bent rod M, the end in of which acts as i a crank to turn the rod, so that the bent end m may be turned to confine or release the said side piece, as will be understood from Fig. l. 7 5

i The draw-bar l) of" the truck is braced from the end braces l), by the braces g 1 shown clearly in Fig. By constructing the car as described it will be seen that the car need not be dumped alongside the truck, but may be lifted from the truck of the car and swung by a crane to a spot some distance from the truck and there dumped, or the body may be loaded some distance from the truck and then lifted and swung back and replaced upon the truck, which in various kinds of work will effect a grcatsavingin ti me and labor. The car is also adapted for dumping directly from the truck in the ordinary way.

Another advantage in making the body [:1 o separable from the truck results from the fact that in case of accident the body will become detached from the truck and saved from destruction, and the truck being thus relieved of the weight oi. the body of the car will also, 5 in many cases, escape injury in accidents.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent isl. in a dumping-car, the end-board D, pro- I00 vidcd with the notched or open bearing-plates 11, in combination with the body H, having rod (i, the upper edges of the boards D being beveled or inclined, as shown at d, whereby the car may be dumped in the ordinary Way 1' rear of the wheels B, and framed into the truck or lifted from the truck and dumped at a dis- 3 and projecting below the other portion of the ta-nee, substantially as described. 1 framework of the truck and adapted to rest 2. The box or body H, provided with snitupon the rails of the track in case ofdemil- 5 able posts and hooks and with the central rod, ment of the ear, substantially as described. 15

G, at the bottom, in combination with the end i board Dmrovided withopenbearing pletesfbr DAVID H. VALENTINE. the rod Gr, substantially as and for the pur- Witnesses: poses set forth. H. A. WEST,

1o 3. The cross-pieces D, placed in front and j G. SEDG-WICK. 

